The median home value in Colby, KS is $190,086 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.35% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$190,086
Year-over-Year
+3.35%
Population
5,578
Colby ranks #33 of 52 Kansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 19.1% below the state's city median of $235,108. It sits in Thomas County, where the county-wide median is $184,656.
Colby police recorded a violent crime rate of 233 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 860 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Colby is $190,086. That's up 3.35% from a year earlier. That is about 19.1% below the typical county in Kansas.
Homes in Colby are more expensive than Thomas County as a whole, where the median is $184,656 — a difference of about 2.9%.
Colby police reported 233 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,578. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.